Lord of Arcane

As he was asked more and more questions, Person gradually realized that the sudden inquiry this time should be related to the magic staff that was activated during the original mission, but wasn't the magic staff obtained in the secret hall?
And the most important thing is that as soon as he returned to the secret hall after completing his mission, Isroda took back the magic scepter. If there was a problem with the magic scepter, it should be easy to find out, right?

Person was puzzled, but the mask continued its questioning, asking about every detail from activating the scepter to leaving Elan, and Person answered every question the mask asked truthfully.

The question he was asked about most frequently was the details of how the spell actually activated by the spell staff was different from his prior judgment. After receiving the equipment in the secret hall, he had conducted a certain degree of exploration on the spell staff.

His judgment at the time was that the scepter activated an 8th-level spell, but the actual effect was far beyond the 10th-level. Person judged the latter based on the magical aura caused by the activation of the spell.

This is also what Person believes is the only possible change in the mission. However, what does this change have to do with the Illuminati? The original goal was to destroy Elan's magic weapon factory. Wouldn't it be good to have greater power?

Person couldn't figure it out, and the mask wouldn't explain it to him. After asking the last question, he told Person:
"Today's inquiry is over. If necessary, we may contact you again to understand the situation. You can go home now."

Hearing this, Person finally felt relieved. Recalling those scenes was not a good experience. On the contrary, every time he recalled them, he fell into a state of doubt and self-blame. All the civilians in that factory died because of him.

There was nothing more painful than killing a group of civilians who had nothing to do with him against his will. In the past two days, as long as he closed his eyes, he could see the Elam elf who had blocked his way.

There were also other technicians who had clearly evacuated but were still affected by the huge power of the spell. Those vivid faces were completely imprinted in his memory, and he might never forget them in his life.

……

Inside the temple, the light was as bright as water.

Apostle Fidis finished organizing the information in his hands, and his eyes inevitably revealed a trace of fatigue. Even for a high-level wizard, the energy is not unlimited.

He had heard that there were Netherese wizards who transformed themselves into elemental forms to gain almost unfading energy and even nearly eternal life. Now he could understand those human wizards.

Two days ago, Elam was suddenly blocked. For the Illuminati, it might be more accurate to say that the several Elamite factories that they had attacked before were blocked.

But it's not just those factories or the entire Elam. Fidis keenly sensed that an information black hole had emerged targeting the Illuminati, so he was so eager to investigate.

Questioning the peripheral members who went to Elam to carry out the mission is only part of the investigation. In other places and other countries, a large number of inquiries, tests and even direct investigations have been completed or are still in progress.

All of this is for the final time-related ceremony to come, eliminating as many variables as possible.

After some investigation, Fides still couldn't find the real reason for the incident. He only knew that the incident might have been caused by the series of tasks in Elan two days ago.

"Ugh!"

Fidis sighed, rubbed his tense brows, stood up and walked to another secret ritual room in the temple which could be called the Ocean of Light. Looking at the wise man who was almost integrated with the bright light in the Ocean of Light, he inexplicably felt a little anxious.

"Fedis, your mind is in turmoil." The wise man's still calm voice came from the ocean of light.

Then the spots of light changed suddenly, first turning into an abstract light human figure, and then the human figure gradually became concrete and clear, revealing the image of an old but wise wise man.

"Wise man, what's going on?"

"The window period has shortened again, but you don't have to worry too much. As long as the next plan goes well, we can complete the final ceremony within the window period."

"The unexpected has already occurred!" Fides opened his mouth, still unable to ignore the information black hole that suddenly appeared recently.

Somehow, he suddenly had some doubts about the Wise Man's previous decision to destroy the Elan magic weapon factory. Perhaps the Wise Man was not as wise and omnipotent as he imagined.

"Don't think too much. You have to understand what we really want. The Northern Alliance thinks they have caught our weakness, but they don't know how much we have accumulated in the time-related rituals. They will pay the price for their arrogance."

There was nothing wrong with the wise man's words at first, but because of the suspicion he had just had, Fides' first reaction when he heard it again was -

Is it arrogance for the wise man to say this? Does the wise man need to pay the price for his arrogance?
However, this idea was too much in conflict with the views that Fidis had formed for a long time. He quickly put these useless ideas behind him and focused on more realistic issues -

"So what should we do now?"

"Just follow the plan. You will go in person for the next operation in Evereska."

"Yes."

Fidis responded and left. The wise man was the only one left in the ocean of light in the secret room. He once again dissolved his form and merged with the surrounding water-like light. Only a puzzled muttering to himself remained, which kept echoing in the ocean of light along with the rhythm of the light.

"What exactly is the Alliance blocking?"

……

Evereska, Alliance headquarters.

In the golden covenant hall, the heads of state of various countries sat in a circle. As the initiator of this alliance conference, King Helian of Yeerlan spoke first:

"I believe everyone knows about the despicable terrorist attacks that occurred recently in Elan, but the matter is far more complicated than you think. This is the news that my advisor Philipa just sent back from Elan—"

As he spoke, Hellion showed the heads of state present at the meeting the process of Filifa's sacrificial experiment and the large amount of data collected, and explained:
"Lord Iorum of Netheril has named this form of damage to the magic network, which currently has no perfect repair solution, as "decay", and the direct cause of the magic network's decay is the decay field generated by the Illuminati's attack.

"From these data, we can see that the magic network environment in that area has become extremely bad, but this is not the point. The point is that we have absolutely no way to completely repair that area."

This brings about a very pessimistic possibility, that is - as long as the Illuminati continues to launch attacks, it is possible that the magic network environment within the entire main plane will rot.

This forces spellcasters who have aspirations in the main plane to make the decision to flee the main plane.

However, this is something that Yeerlan and even all the countries in the Northern Alliance cannot accept. (End of this chapter)